I Downloaded The Latest Edition of Calibre And I Can't Get It Open (MacBook)

MrSlow&Steady · 10-15-2020, 04:25 PM

I don't know what happened. I downloaded the new version of Calibre but it can't open. Is anyone else facing this issue?

UPDATE: NEVER MIND I GOT IT TO WORK I USED AN ALTERNATE LINK TO RE-DOWNLOAD THIS

ANOTHER UPDATE: IT GOT SHUT DOWN AND WHEN I TRIED TO OPEN IT IT COULDN'T WORK

MrSlow&Steady · 10-17-2020, 02:05 AM

Uh I hate to bump this but it's not working again. Like it shut down for some reason and every time I try to bring it back up it isn't working

kovidgoyal · 10-17-2020, 03:39 AM

what does doesnt work mean? the process doesnt run? is it in activity monitor? is there a crash report?

MrSlow&Steady · 10-17-2020, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

what does doesnt work mean? the process doesnt run? is it in activity monitor? is there a crash report?

I click on the icon to open it but it never opens.

ownedbycats · 10-17-2020, 03:30 PM

Did you check whatever the Mac version of the Task Manager is to make sure it isn't stuck running in the background? Calibre only lets you run one instance at a time.

MrSlow&Steady · 10-17-2020, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Did you check whatever the Mac version of the Task Manager is to make sure it isn't stuck running in the background? Calibre only lets you run one instance at a time.

Yes and it still doesn't work.

Like I clicked on the icon, it briefly appears, and when it fails to open as per usual, it disappears from the Activity Monitor.

JSWolf · 10-17-2020, 06:14 PM

Disable your AV and try again. If that causes Calibre to work, then you'll need to uninstall whatever AV you run.

kovidgoyal · 10-17-2020, 11:43 PM

Open Terminal.app and run its as

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-debug -g

and post the output

MrSlow&Steady · 10-18-2020, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Disable your AV and try again. If that causes Calibre to work, then you'll need to uninstall whatever AV you run.

Sorry what's AV?

MrSlow&Steady · 10-18-2020, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Open Terminal.app and run its as

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-debug -g

and post the output

Oh shoot it got it to open. Thanks!

There'll be an update addressing this glitch right?

EDIT: But this is only 5.2 though. It didn't work for 5.3

ownedbycats · 10-18-2020, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSlow&Steady

Sorry what's AV?

Antivirus. Though I was under the impression that malware isn't quite as common for Macs.

MrSlow&Steady · 10-18-2020, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Antivirus. Though I was under the impression that malware isn't quite as common for Macs.

I see. Thanks for telling me. Not sure if I can disable it though.

theducks · 10-18-2020, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSlow&Steady

I see. Thanks for telling me. Not sure if I can disable it though.

You don't disable it

You whitelist (exclude) specific apps or folders from ACTIVE scans

DNSB · 10-18-2020, 05:08 PM

This may not be your problem but when I updated my Mac VM to 10.15.7, for some reason, the Security and Privacy preference switched the Allow Apps downloaded from: to App Store from App Store and Identified Developers. Switching back to App Store and Identified Developers allowed me to run the updated calibre install after clicking on Open in the dialog that popped up.

johnoz123 · 10-18-2020, 08:40 PM

@kovidgoyal (FYI)

I had a similar issues with a Macbook and an iMac MacOS 10.15.7 + Calibre 5.* I reverted to
Calibre 4.23 and it fix the problem.

The problem: Calibre not opening after update but opening later after 2 - 3 attempts. Once opened it reopened okay but failed to open when I clicked on an epub or awz file. It would start to open and then stop (close)

10-15-2020, 04:25 PM	#1
MrSlow&Steady Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Device: Kindle	I Downloaded The Latest Edition of Calibre And I Can't Get It Open (MacBook) I don't know what happened. I downloaded the new version of Calibre but it can't open. Is anyone else facing this issue? UPDATE: NEVER MIND I GOT IT TO WORK I USED AN ALTERNATE LINK TO RE-DOWNLOAD THIS ANOTHER UPDATE: IT GOT SHUT DOWN AND WHEN I TRIED TO OPEN IT IT COULDN'T WORK Last edited by MrSlow&Steady; 10-17-2020 at 02:05 AM.

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10-17-2020, 02:05 AM	#2
MrSlow&Steady Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Device: Kindle	Uh I hate to bump this but it's not working again. Like it shut down for some reason and every time I try to bring it back up it isn't working

10-17-2020, 03:39 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	what does doesnt work mean? the process doesnt run? is it in activity monitor? is there a crash report?

10-17-2020, 03:30 PM	#5
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,359 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Did you check whatever the Mac version of the Task Manager is to make sure it isn't stuck running in the background? Calibre only lets you run one instance at a time.

10-17-2020, 06:14 PM	#7
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,782 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Disable your AV and try again. If that causes Calibre to work, then you'll need to uninstall whatever AV you run.

10-17-2020, 11:43 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Open Terminal.app and run its as /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-debug -g and post the output

10-18-2020, 05:08 PM	#14
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 48,175 Karma: 174315444 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	This may not be your problem but when I updated my Mac VM to 10.15.7, for some reason, the Security and Privacy preference switched the Allow Apps downloaded from: to App Store from App Store and Identified Developers. Switching back to App Store and Identified Developers allowed me to run the updated calibre install after clicking on Open in the dialog that popped up.

10-18-2020, 08:40 PM	#15
johnoz123 Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage	@kovidgoyal (FYI) I had a similar issues with a Macbook and an iMac MacOS 10.15.7 + Calibre 5.* I reverted to Calibre 4.23 and it fix the problem. The problem: Calibre not opening after update but opening later after 2 - 3 attempts. Once opened it reopened okay but failed to open when I clicked on an epub or awz file. It would start to open and then stop (close)